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Lots of people only know the name James Paul Brown for his unique paintings that appear on bottles of Sunstone wines. But that isn’t even half the story, as a short conversation with the now octogenarian Mr. Brown reveals. During our short talk at Sunstone Winery headquarters in Santa Ynez, James Paul tells me he […]

Santa Barbara artist Gail Lucas, 81, has written a fascinating book Over the Hill and ‘Round the Bend or… Gullible’s Travels about her five-year motorcycle odyssey with fellow rider Terence Geoghegan three decades ago. The 475-page tome recounts how the dynamic duo met when she was 49 and he was just 29, when she had […]

It’s not easy being a working artist, but as long as one doesn’t expect to make a living at it – sort of like writing these days – one can find release and satisfaction in creating. One such creator is Swedish-born Birgitta Baker, whose impressive paintings were on full display at the Santa Barbara Club […]